Ehud Olmert

Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times

News about Ehud Olmert, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

May. 14, 2014

Former Israeli Prime Min Ehud Olmert is sentenced to six years in prison for taking bribes, becoming the most prominent former Israeli leader to be sentenced to prison; sentence stuns political and legal establishment in country where prosecutors' anticorruption crusades have been condemned as overzealous and inefficient. MORE

Apr. 1, 2014

Former Israeli Prime Min Ehud Olmert is convicted of taking bribes to ease the construction of a housing complex while he was mayor of Jerusalem; verdict is the most severe ever against a former prime minister, and dashes Olmert's much-discussed dream of a political comeback. MORE

Oct. 16, 2012

Former Israeli Prime Min Ehud Olmert is plotting a comeback that analysts say offers best hope of uniting Israel's fragmented political center, but also shows opposition's desperation in trying to block the seemingly inevitable re-election of Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu; Olmert has spent last several years battling corruption charges. MORE

Sep. 25, 2012

Former Israeli Prime Min Ehud Olmert is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to a one-year suspended prison term and a maximum fine of about $19,000 for breach of trust; Olmert was found guilty of making decisions when he was minister of trade and industry that benefited clients of a close associate. MORE

Jul. 16, 2012

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert's acquittal on corruption charges has emboldened his associates, who have asserted that case was most likely instigated by right-wing political forces in Israel and encouraged by sympathetic American Jews; Olmert is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of breach of trust, the least serious of the charges he faced, and he remains embroiled in another serious corruption case. MORE

Jul. 11, 2012

Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, is acquitted of corruption in two major matters by a Jerusalem court; is convicted of breach of trust, the least serious of the charges he faced; ruling closes a high-profile prosecution that cut short Olmert's term in office and changed the course of Israeli politics and diplomacy. MORE

Apr. 30, 2012

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert assails successor Benjamin Netanyahu during conference in Manhattan, drawing boos from the largely American audience; says Netanyahu is unprepared to offer meaningful compromise to Palestinians, disrespectful to the United States and dismissive of the international community at time when Israel particularly needs foreign support to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. MORE

Jan. 6, 2012

Ehud Olmert, who resigned as prime minister of Israel in 2008 amid corruption charges, is indicted and charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to smooth the way for construction of a huge residential complex while he was the mayor of Jerusalem. MORE

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